Match-by-match results and television rating of this edition of Lucha Underground.
Show: Lucha Underground
Date: June 10, 2015
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Commentary: Matt Striker & Vampiro
Reported By: Jacob Gilbert
TV Rating:
1. Chavo Guerrero, Jr. def. Blue Demon, Jr. due to interference from the Crew.
2. The Disciples of Death def. Bengala, Mascarita Sagrada, & Pimpanela Escalade. Pimpanela was pinned after a triple dominator.
3. Drago def. Cae, Hernandez, & King Cuerno, pinning Cuerno, to become #1 contender.
To start, all you need know is, Drago is back, and he's pissed.
Dario Cueto opens and announces Ultima Lucha, which will be the season finale, airing in August. A fatal 4 way will determine who faces the LU champ that night. It will be Cage, Hernandez, King Cuerno, and Fenix. Oh, wait. Fenix is gone, thanks to Mil Muertes. The idea is that the 4 have faced and fallen to Prince Puma already, and will jockey for another shot.
Cueto then brings out Blue Demon, Jr., dressed in a suit. Chavo Guerrero, Jr. follows, accompanied by the remainder of the Crew. Uh-oh. Cueto promptly makes an anything goes match as our opener.
1. Blue Demon, Jr. vs. Chavo Guerrero, Jr.
Not really a match, but a slaughter, sanctioned by Cueto, who all of a sudden is just another evil boss. The Crew interfere freely due to the stip, and Demon doesn't have a chance. Cisco & Castro hold Demon to set up the frogsplash.
Winner (yeah, right): Chavo Guerrero, Jr.
This is where they need to stop and put in a babyface advocate to offset Cueto's sudden power abuses. The stalest gimmick in the business has come to LU, thanks to ex-WWE people like Chavo and co-executive producer Chris DeJoseph.
At the start of the show, Vampiro apologized for his run-in last week, and shook hands with Matt Striker. I don't think Vamp is done.
Chavo gloats before a caged Black Lotus, who should've known better, as well as Dragon Azteca, to trust a Guerrero. Oh? So Chavo now wants to be a Latino Jake Roberts? Spare me. Cueto can't save you, Chavo, no matter how hard and how much money he throws around.
Drago meets Cueto in---where else?---the bathroom, and deals himself into the main event. Lose, and he remains banished, but loses his mask.
2. The Disciples of Death (w/Catrina) vs. Bengala, Mascarita Sagrada, and Pimpanela Escalade.
Protracted squash to get the "newbies" over. Believe it or else, we've seen these guys before in different identities. Catrina gives Pimpy the lick of death, which seems to take the exotico's spirit away,leading to a triple dominator 1.0 for the win.
Winners: The Disciples of Death.
A meeting between Cueto, who is getting far too much screen time this week, and Johnny Mundo reveals that next week, it'll be Mundo vs. Puma for the title in a show-long iron man match. Ah, what fun.
3. #1 contenders match-winner faces the champion at Ultima Lucha: Cage vs. Hernandez vs. King Cuerno vs. Drago.
Cuerno showing signs of a possible babyface turn at some point, but we also see who his next feud is with, as Killshot appears in the bleachers. Everyone's flying. Hernandez does his SuperMex dive on the others. Cage tries a moonsault and hits. Drago & Cuerno you expect to fly, so they do. It came down to Drago & Cuerno. After the earlier seg with Cueto, you knew the ending. Cuerno tries the Thrill of the Hunt, but it's countered, and Drago lands the Tail of the Dragon to end it.
Winner: Drago.
Prince Puma comes out for the predictable staredown over the belt. Meanwhile, Catrina magically appears in Cueto's office again. In two weeks, it'll be Drago vs. Muertes. Uh-oh.
